262: Chapter 180: Wronged!
262: Chapter 180: Wronged!
Grief, injustice, heartbreak overwhelming.
Tang Fei’s eyes widened as he looked toward Xuanyuan Mingjing, his expression one of incredulity, and he said, “Master, I never thought you would think so lowly of …
How could I possibly sche against my own master?”
“Even if I dared to poison the Eldest Prince, I would never plot against my master…
Master, you accepted as your disciple, it’s as though you gave a second life, how could I commit such an inhumane act?”
“Besides, master should know about my past; I ca from the Old Land, and I haven’t even been here at New Star for a full year…
Where could I have possibly co into contact with Lu Ban’s Book of Death?
And how could I have cast the Dead Water Curse?”
Tang Fei’s eyes turned red, his smile bitter, and tinged with a hint of scorn.
This wasn’t ridiculing others, but self-mockery.
He said in a low voice, “Master, I truly didn’t do it…
As a rootless refugee from the Old Land, I had only just managed to settle down in New Star.
My brother and I got a house to live in, food to eat, and now I’ve even entered the White Crane Academy and been taken in as your disciple.
Life was just starting to get better…
How could I dare to offend the Eldest Prince, a man with towering influence?”
“The only reason I could co to New Star was thanks to the help from the Royal Family…
They brought here and they could send back at any mont.
Don’t you think I’m not frightened?”
“Why do I fight so desperately?
Why am I ceaselessly seeking to break through to new realms?
It’s because I wake up from nightmares countless tis, thinking that my brother and I have offended so important personage here at New Star, or that we’ve done sothing wrong, and we are going to be sent back…”
“I know I can only secure a foothold for myself by fiercely improving myself, only then can I live here steadily and peacefully…
How could I take such a risk?
Why would I do sothing so foolish?”
Xuanyuan Mingjing’s gaze was profound, and he looked at Tang Fei thoughtfully.
He even began to doubt himself—was he wrong?
Was this really not Tang Fei’s doing?
But if not him, then who?
Who else could humiliate a mber of the Royal Family under his very nose…
“He asked you to serve tea, and you felt no resentnt?”
“Resentnt?” Tang Fei shook his head and said, “It’s not resentnt, just a bit of discomfort.
By doing that, he clearly aid to win over my senior brother…
And my senior brother and I had so past grievances…”
“What grievances do you have with Xing Lan?”
“It’s not really a grievance, my senior brother and I never truly considered it important.
Master, you too heard about the saying that Phoenix had fallen at Mount Xiqi before I arrived at New Star, didn’t you?
I heard that the Princess and senior brother were childhood friends, very close…
having grown up together.”
“But when the Princess went to the Old Land for archaeological excavations, she was attacked by villains, and it was by chance that I saved her…
Because I was the Princess’ savior, she was sowhat more kind to …”
“And so, many people started spreading rumors about us…
saying we…
saying we were in a romantic relationship, so even said we had a child, that it was a girl…”
“A beauty bringing disaster?”
“I dare not say nor want to say such things…
The Princess is a friend to and treats exceedingly well…
It’s just that, there are so misunderstandings about our relationship from others, and I don’t know how to explain it…”
“So, the Eldest Prince humiliated you in public to win over Xing Lan…”
“Perhaps the Eldest Prince didn’t an it that way, he just simply thought…
I truly was the suitable person to serve his tea.”
“Royal Family mbers don’t act so simply,” Xuanyuan Mingjing said.
“Master speaks the truth,” Tang Fei agreed.
“….”
Xuanyuan Mingjing then realized he had been played by this youngster.
The Eldest Prince and the Princess, he wouldn’t say a bad word about them, yet it was he himself who had spoken what was in the boy’s heart.
Xuanyuan Mingjing took a sip of the cool tea in front of him, feeling he needed to slow down the pace, not to rush and fall into the boy’s trap.
“Master, the tea has gone cold, I’ll brew a fresh pot for you,” Tang Fei offered earnestly.
“No need,” Xuanyuan Mingjing waved his hand and said, “Cool tea quenches thirst.”
“Yes, master.”
“The Eldest Prince humiliates you to win over Xing Lan, and you have no thoughts about it?
No thoughts of revenge?”
“Master, you see that the Eldest Prince doesn’t like , and senior brother also sees it; he’s so clever, nothing can be hidden from him…
even Dean Si saw it, he gave a few long looks before he left….”
“I know that you all suspect , including the Eldest Prince…
Master, if I were to poison soone, I would have made sure to do it without notice, how could I have left so many flaws?”
“Knowing it would co to this, knowing that after the deed, everyone would first suspect …
why would I still do such a thing?
Just because the Eldest Prince had serve a cup of tea?”
“To say sothing that might wound my self-esteem, being able to serve the Eldest Prince tea, isn’t that an honor for ?
How many people envy the task I was given?
Many are eager to serve the Eldest Prince tea but never have the chance…
Just to pour a cup of tea, isn’t that a hundred, a thousand tis better than my days in the Old Land?”
“It seems it truly wasn’t you.”
“Master, it indeed wasn’t ,” Tang Fei said emphatically.
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